Umahi: “Hardship: Why S-East won’t join protests”
Dave Umahi, a former minister of works and governor of Ebonyi, stated yesterday that the southeast’s residents had no justification for joining other parts of the nation in their protests against the nation’s rising cost of living.
Umahi: “Hardship: Why S-East won’t join protests”
Speaking to reporters, the minister discussed his native Uburu, in the Ohaozara local government area of Ebonyi State.
According to him, the high cost of living in the nation is a result of the combined actions of previous administrations, a problem that President Tinubu has begun addressing with a number of policies and initiatives.
The Minister said that by placing sons and daughters of the region in positions of power, including the nomination of the first Minister of Works from the region, the Tinubu administration had significantly favored the southeast.
Umahi clarified that despite the administration’s numerous initiatives in the area, the Southeast lacks moral grounds to join the protests against the President due to the dire circumstances facing the nation.
He urged everyone in the zone to participate in the protests against the president and not to be seduced by any organization or area.
The Minister asked the nation’s citizens to remain patriotic and called the NLC protest last week unhealthy and irrational.
“The current hunger crisis that everyone is discussing did not begin today. It is a build-up to multiple elements. There has been an increase in instability prior to both the previous and current administrations, with conflicts between farmers and herders occurring over a number of years.
I used to chair the NEC committee that dealt with farmers’ and herders’ disputes. Thus, I resolved conflicts between farmers and herders in a number of states, particularly in the North, and it had various benefits.
That issue severely harmed the production of food. Since we’re talking about hunger, the problems of kidnapping and instability kept farmers from returning to their land.
Therefore, it is unrealistic to expect President Tinubu’s administration to resolve all of those issues in nine months.
